NY, Knopf, 2000. Her fourth novel, on which a Brett Easton Ellis blurb declares the author to be the rightful heir to Flannery O'Connor, and Don DeLillo calls the book "a work of maverick insight and rash and beautiful bursts of language." Inscribed by Williams to another writer and his wife: "my friends" and signed "Joy" and dated in the year of publication. Also signed in full by the author on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. [#027786] SOLD